The gal at the checkout asked me if I'd like a free sample. "Sure," I said, thinking she was putting me on. Popped one in my mouth and did a double-take - yep, the bag says 'Cotton Candy Grapes'. "They're pretty good," I said. "How much are they"?

"$3.99 a pound."

"Pass," I said.

Walked out to my pickup, loaded up my purchases, and 5 min. later found myself back in the produce store buying a bag for $10.81.

well it certainly has an interesting ring to it doesn't it lol. I don't eat grapes so I guess that's why I have never heard of cotton candy grapes. However, I'm a major lover of cotton candy so if I can find some I may try it just because of the cotton candy flavor. Should all stores have them or is it just a specific few? Walmart? Winn-Dixie, sams club or where can I find them.

Cotton Candy is made from pure sugar and food coloring.
It is very rare to find a Flavored Cotton Candy, although flavored Cotton Candy does exist.
In other words, Cotton Candy smells like heated Sugar.

Cotton Candy is just the name of a sweeter hybrid of white and red (Muskatel) grapes.

Cotton Candy is made from pure sugar and food coloring.
It is very rare to find a Flavored Cotton Candy, although flavored Cotton Candy does exist.
In other words, Cotton Candy smells like heated Sugar.

Cotton Candy is just the name of a sweeter hybrid of white and red (Muskatel) grapes.

I will admit, it's a Clever Name to give the hybrid!

I need to see if I can find some and see. I know we have gotten some really sweet grapes. Large juicy seedless green ones as well as some reds. Maybe I can pretend I am eating a dark chocolate snickers... YUM!

They also had these specialty grapes called "moon drops" They are black, seedless narrow, oblong, and about an inch long. they were $3.99 a pound too. I got some of those as well. Those he liked a lot. Very sweet and crisp.

Cotton Candy is made from pure sugar and food coloring.
It is very rare to find a Flavored Cotton Candy, although flavored Cotton Candy does exist.
In other words, Cotton Candy smells like heated Sugar.

Cotton Candy is just the name of a sweeter hybrid of white and red (Muskatel) grapes.

I will admit, it's a Clever Name to give the hybrid!

Nope.. the taste is real... they honestly taste like cotton candy.. not sure why or how... but I popped one with great skepticism and was shocked that they tasted just like cotton candy.

Personally, I will stay far away from anything that has been altered from its natural makeup. I would definitely have to research this to find any viability in the product. Seedless grapes already give me the creeps and I have hardly bought any and only because there seems to be nothing available with seeds any more.

I have been doing a great deal of research and reading a lot of labels. This reminds me of Pinnacle Cotton Candy Vodka. The cotton candy flavor is from "natural flavors" which have been added to the vodka.

Please allow me a moment to offer some truth:

Natural Flavors…

The name sounds innocent enough, but these mild-sounding words are used by the food industry as an umbrella term for some pretty horrible stuff, including certain ingredients that come from extreme animal abuse.

The exact definition of natural flavors from the Code of Federal Regulations is as follows:

When the phrase ‘natural flavors’ appears on a package, the best move is to call the company and find out what the flavors are actually made from. Of course, I say this assuming that we’re all the kind of people who would be horrified to find out that we might have come close to ingesting fluid from the sex glands of beavers.

Think that sounds absurd? Then you must not have heard of castoreum, which is “used extensively in perfumery and has been added to food as a flavor ingredient for at least 80 years.”

SOURCE: care2.com

Maybe these grapes are not quite this bad, but we need to be on guard against some of the crazy stuff proposed to us as food.

yes, we need to be on guard for sure. over not just what we eat.. but what we drink and even the air we breathe.

But, have no fear cotton candy grape lovers. It's not a GMO experiment but rather the result of good old-fashioned plant breeding techniques.

They aren’t genetically modified but are rather the product of years of cross-pollination among varieties to create uniquely sweet bunches.

Nothing artificial or dangerous about these grapes.

adding: I found this:

can a fruit that tastes like candy really be healthy? Beagle says they have “slightly more sugar” than a typical grape, but are still in the range of normal.
Amy Shapiro, a registered dietitian and nutritionist and founder of Real Nutrition NYC in the Flatiron, agrees. She says that because Cotton Candy grapes aren’t genetically modified, “they definitely have the anti-oxidants, the water, the fiber content and the anti-inflammatory properties” of less sweet varieties. But she recommends any grape “with a bit of hesitation” to clients — “only because people like them so much [that they eat too many],” she says.

Was at the fruit store today and didn't see them, so asked the checkout gal if they had them this year. She pointed to the grapes right next to the cash register. Duh.

Interestingly, she said the season was almost over for them (it usually only lasts for 2 weeks) but just now when I checked the dates on this thread for the last 2 years, we should be in the middle of the season. Maybe she really meant that, but got to say they didn't have much.